21 Facts About James Hannell

James Hannell was baptised on 13 May 1814 at St John's Church, Parramatta.

James Hannell was involved with other convicts in a scam to obtain money from forged receipts and was convicted and sentenced in June 1820 to 'Life' in Newcastle.

James Hannell was transported to Newcastle on the ship Princess Charlotte and arrived on 27 July 1820.

The area known as Smedmore, where the James Hannell home was situated, became known as Maryville, in honour of James Hannell's wife, Mary.

James Hannell became Newcastle's first licensed auctioneer in September 1839.

James Hannell bought a licensed public house called the 'Ship Inn' on the corner of Hunter and Bolton Street, Newcastle.

James Hannell was a sportsman, and pilot of ships on the Hunter River.

In 1857, James Hannell was gazetted as a justice of the peace and attended the Newcastle bench.

James Hannell was a churchwarden and trustee of Christ Church Cathedral.

James Hannell was mayor in 1868 when the Duke of Edinburgh visited on 5 March.

James Hannell became Mayor of Wickham when it became a municipality in 1871.

James Hannell served alongside Peter Fleming, Charles Thomas, James Harrison Hubbard, Charles Upfold, and William Henry White.

James Hannell became Newcastle's member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

James Hannell represented the City Ward in 1860, and was re-elected in 1864.

James Hannell contested and won the Northumberland vote and was returned to Parliament.

James Hannell organised concerts for the Newcastle Hospital, in which he took part as a comic singer.

James Hannell was president and judge of the Newcastle Jockey Club.

James Hannell organised the first regatta and was president of the Newcastle Regatta Committee for thirty years.

James Hannell helped establish the Newcastle Mechanics' School of Arts.

James Hannell died from pneumonia, on 31 December 1876, and was interred at the burial ground of Christ Church Cathedral.

James Hannell's tombstone is still in the grounds, just outside the Warriors' Chapel.